Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
4 BUSY MAN.
President Cleveland Working all Day
and Late at Night to Avoid an
Extra Senate Session.
He VIII Make the Nominations OF Secre-
tary OF The Treasury and Railroad
Commissioners Shortly,
The Real Cause of tho Fisheries Trouble
this Attempt to Compel Us to
Open Up Our Markets
OUR BUSY PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON. Feb. % Work is aCcu-
mulating with great rapidity upon the
Presidents hands, and he remains st his
desk long into the night examining bills
and transacting other business. The
pressure is more likely to increase tnsn
diminish during the remainder of the SEES
sion, and the President says while bills
demand his attention he cannot give the
necessary consideration to pending nom
nations.
Senators Sherman and Harris called
upon the President yesterday to
ascertain whether the Senate would
be asked to remain in session beyond
March I. The President replied that ii
was impossible for him to tell whether
ne could submit the nominations upon
which he desired action in time to obyiste
the necessity of an extra session or not.
He expressed his dsinClination 20 call an
extra session and promised to give def
mite answer as promptly as possible. 1t
is learned on high authority to-day that
the President expects to avoid the neces-
sity for calling an extra session. He will
not, however, be prepared to submit the
treasury and interstate commerce nomi-
nations for several days.
GRAINS BILL.
! Before the House Judiciary committee
to-day Representative Grain made an
argument in support of his proposed
amendment to the bill changing inaugura-
ton day to April 30. Mr.. Cram's
amendment harmonizes ether sections
of the constitution to the provisions OF
the bill by amending article - of the
constitution in relation to the time for
the meeting of Congress, etc. The
| amendment also terminates the
/ Elttieth Congress on December 81, 1889.
and provides that subsequent Congresses
shall begin en- the second Tuesday in
January. Mr.. Taylor moved TO
report the Senate amendment favor
| ably, but the motion was defeated.
| MIR, Tucker, the chairman, was then in
! structed to prepare in season for the
committees action tomorrow a substi-
tute for the Senate proposition embOGy-
| ing the Grain amendment.
4 SLOW COMMITTEE.
! TTo-thirds Of the sixty witnesses sum
mOnded hither from Texas to testify con
corning alleged outrages, protest against
the irdolent inactiOn Of the committee
appointed by the Senate for that
investigation. Gentlemen of all
! occupations have been brought
! from their distant homes and compelled
10 remain to the neglect of their interests,
while the committee trihes with the
matter, adJourning over from daylto day
and refusing 10 listen to the evidence.
These witnesses are American citizens
and entitled to as much consideration as
the members Of the Senate There was
no meeting yesterday, though the wit
Desses were called together. 1t seems
like q farce.
MITCHELL'S CANDIDACY.
Colonel Mitchell of Dallas is still mere
and VIII not leave for Texas for some
time. In conversation with your
correspondent regarding his candi-
dacy for a plsce on the in-
ter-State commerce commission he
said: 81 was supported by majority of
the Texas delegation, many senators from
the northern states and by ATTORNEY Gen
eral Garland. The President required
men OF national reputation for these
places and those who mad long public
service, and his view of the matter, of
course, let me out of the race. l have
never been in public life and have not the
broad experience which Mr.. CIeye-
land feels is necessary for
this position. | was strongly
supported by influential men and +
have the satisfaction of knowing who nv
friends are. In reply to what his future
plans would be, Colonel Mitchell said he
had not determined upon them.
NOTES.
The President has approved the bill 20
erect public building at Houston.
The Comm IS oner of the Land Office
has received Information that Mat Frost.
the last Register Of the Land Office Of
Santa Fe, N. NJ, was yesterday convicted
OF receiving illegal fees, aud was sen
fenced to two years in the penitentiary.
Representatlve-elect Kilgore of TEXAS
is at the Metropolitan.
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-In the Senate
to-day the resolution offered Yesterday by
Senator Hoar, but not then read, declar-
ing 1t as the judgment of the
Senate that under the present
circumstances no investigation
should be undertaken with Great Britain
IN regard to the existing difficulties with
tile Canadian provinces, having for its
object the change or abolition of any ex-
listing duties on imports, was taken up.
Mr.Hoar remarked that the adoption of the
resolution would delay a good deal of
talk in the neighbOring country. The
resolution did not undertake to deal with
any question of general principle as to
exrstlrS duties, but simply TO affirm that
in the Judgment Of the Senate the conduct
Of Canada in relation to American fishing
vessels ought not to he met
by modification of duties. II would, in
his judgment, do more TO save the Amer
lean fisherman in the next six months
than anything else that could be done.
de did not believe single Senator would
put himself On record against the resolu-
ton.
Mr.. Beck said his information was that
the fishery business constituted only
ABOUT one-half of the trade with Canada,
and there might be therefore other more
Important questions than the fisheries
to be settled in the treaty with Great
Britain. He thought the Senate should
not cat least before an investigation of
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